Many in Hudson are not particularly pleased with our new comprehensive plan, either the product or the process by which is was created. Be that as it may, yesterday former mayor Kamal Johnson shared the news on Instagram that our comprehensive plan had received a commendation from the American Planning Association New York Upstate Chapter.
During my time as Mayor, we developed Hudson 2035 the city's first comprehensive plan in more than 20 years. Oh there was so much criticism from so called experts.
Today, I'm proud to share that Hudson 2035 received Gold recognition for Comprehensive Planning from the American Planning Association's New York Upstate Chapter.
There is a nominating process for these awards, which is explained here. The rules state: "Nominations to the Chapter Awards Program can only be submitted by current members in good standing of the NYUAPA Chapter." It is not known who nominated Hudson's comprehensive plan.
1. If the Comprehensive Plan is good... why is the Planning Board not following it in its deliberations this week... looking at your Mr. Bogle.
ReplyDelete2. Winning an award that is restricted to A) being nominated and B) in a sub part of a state... is like a participation trophy at HCSD.
The real APA award that matters is the Daniel Burnham Award for a Comprehensive Plan.
Hudson will not win that, or be nominated, because it is based A) public participation & process and B) implementation.
Engagement and implementation are two of the metrics for the award that Hudson’s comprehensive plan just won.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations to the plan’s authors.
Do you know what “implementation” means?
DeleteDo you folks ever read the links that Carole posts before adding your two cents?
Delete“Implementation. Address what steps have been taken to build momentum and public support for following and implementing the plan.”
If you don’t agree with that definition, take it up with the APA.
My understanding is that "implementation" here refers not to doing the things the plan lays out, but rather getting the plan written up, out the door and adopted by the city. That was done.
DeleteIf you call a tail a leg, the. A cow has five legs. But calling something a leg don’t make it a leg. Words either have meaning or they don’t. I don’t need a room full of beauticians telling me what a word I know means. Have some common sense, you might like it.
DeleteAnyone in any industry knows these professional association awards are handed out to anyone that fills out the form, and more importantly, pays the dues.
ReplyDeleteI’m sure it will find a nice home in the dusty file cabinet in the basement of city hall, next to Pee Wee Herman’s bike, filed away with the comprehensive plan that is currently and will continue to be ignored, just like the last one, and probably the next one too.
As per the way they did it—with Tom and Kamal’s handpicked committee and Kamal’s girlfriend running the show… well, they got it done. A reminder to anyone that wants to do a charter change. You have to steamroll it, Tom DP-style, to get anything done. Anything else will just get bogged down in the usual Hudson navel gazing handwringing substack grief fest. The Community™️ will demand 23 & Me reports on every committee member to insure they perfectly reflect the population, with a little weighted adjustment “as a treat.”
congrats to hudson and all the folks who worked on the plan!
ReplyDeleteit's pretty telling to see such emotional reactions to the city of hudson winning an award. it seems like a symptom of being terminally online and not being able to experience joy.
i can just picture some of the commenters here running up to a kid who got a trophy for playing in a league and telling them it's worthless and they shouldn't feel any sort of pride in themselves.
is any of that negativity really worth spending energy on? i know it's exhausting sifting through the comments that barely talk on the subject and veer into whatever the commenter is upset about in town that week.
i get it, they can't help themselves. it's really sad to witness. here's hoping they can find some peace in classic reality(tm) and get offline.
cheers
Hear, hear. Hudson may be the only place I’ve ever lived where a small handful of malcontents disparaged every piece of positive news associated with their elected representatives. What a miserable lot.
DeleteAl, cheer for the kid.
DeleteThen show her what the best can do and raise her sights. Maybe she becomes an All-American. We have seen what works elsewhere and want it here. Hudson deserves better than a fan club for low expectations.
A survey that was pushed primarily by Michelle Tullo and Caitie Hilverman via the Spark, and admitted it barely surveyed the Bengali residents… is not representative.
Lloyd had roughly the same amount of signatures for mayor as this survey had resident responses.
I’ll give credit where credit is due. I respect the fact that they got it done and pretty quickly. And just like most things Tom got done, he had to strong arm his agenda though using last minute votes and a false sense of urgency. But hey, it works. Margaret and Joe are more transparent and many times it gives their opponents time to organize push back.
DeleteI voted for Joe and am, like many of his supporters, a bit disappointed in some of his flip flopping and pandering to the people who didn’t vote for him, and won’t vote for him in the future. I think he’s being a keen politician, so whatever. But I do support him on his traffic safety improvements, and having the courage to do what the previous mayor was to scared to do: ending December free parking and scheduling a city reevaluation. Also, he seems to actually show up to city hall and is interested in being a manager and oversight of the day to day operations of the various departments. The last mayor allegedly canceled the monthly department heads meetings.
As far as being a “malcontent,” don’t worry about me. I’m quite content with my world and have a healthy and full social and relationship life… exhaustingly so at times 💅